Chapter 1074: A Suspicious Contract
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
However, through the conversation with Sun Zhiwei, Tian Dongguang discovered that although Sun Zhiwei was proud of himself, he was also very naive. His ill-intention wasn’t too evil. The things he did could only be done by some children. To put it nicely, it was at the kindergarten level.
“How about it? Can you help me?” asked Sun Zhiwei.
“I’m not sure. I can only try.” Tian Dongguang said, “For this kind of private matter, I can’t simply inquire, right?”
“That is also true.” Sun Zhiwei didn’t force him. “You should pay more attention to it according to your own observations. Just observe as much as you can!”
“Alright, I’ll see what I can do,” replied Tian Dongguang. Although Tian Dongguang said so, he must tell Yang Ming about this somewhat weird thing. How could he let go of such a good opportunity to show his diligence? He was troubled by how he could get close to Yang Ming.
Although the Tian Family was the subordinate of the Sun Family, Tian Dongguang also understood that if Sun Jie really had a relations.h.i.+p with Yang Ming, then the Sun Family’s person in charge would still be Yang Ming. It wouldn’t be Sun Zhiwei, so pleasing Yang Ming was the right way.
Sun Zhiwei didn’t listen to the cla.s.s very much. He was playing with his mobile phone. Of course, he switched the phone to the photo mode and pointed it at Yang Ming. Whenever Yang Ming talked to Zhou Jiajia, he would snap a picture.
I don’t care if they have a relations.h.i.+p or not; just take the intimate photos first.
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In the past few days, Yang Ming was pestered by Tian Dongguang when he wasn’t flirting with Zhou Jiajia during the daytime cla.s.s. Yang Ming couldn’t be helped. Yang Ming had to promise Tian Dongguang to teach him a little when Yang Ming was free, but Yang Ming wouldn’t be his master.
However, even so, Tian Dongguang was already very satisfied. Everything must be done gradually. Now Yang Ming just taught him a little; eventually, Yang Ming would be his master as the teaching increased.
Tian Dongguang also told Yang Ming what Sun Zhiwei asked him to do. Yang Ming naturally laughed after listening. Sun Jie wouldn’t be so bored as to send Sun Zhiwei to find out how many girlfriends he had. With Sun Jie’s character, if she wanted to make a mess, she would definitely go in person.
Therefore, this thing was what Sun Zhiwei wanted to do, but he just used Sun Jie as an excuse. If he wanted to stir up trouble out of nothing, Yang Ming would just let him be. Yang Ming wasn’t afraid of him.
Ever since then, Sun Zhiwei had quite a big harvest these days. He had taken many flirtatious photos of Yang Ming with Zhou Jiajia, Lin Zhiyun, and Chen Mengyan. Yang Ming was aware of it naturally, but he just let it go.
Yang Ming wasn’t afraid that the relations.h.i.+p between him and these several girls be exposed. Especially when Chen Mengyan had acquiesced to the presence of Lin Zhiyun and Zhou Jiajia, Yang Ming wasn’t afraid of anything.
On Sat.u.r.day afternoon, Sun Zhiwei came to his cousin’s, Sun Jie’s, company with great enthusiasm. Of course, Sun Jie could also be found at school, but there were too many outsiders, so some words couldn’t be spoken properly.
When Sun Zhiwei came to Sun Jie’s office, Sun Jie was discussing a doc.u.ment with the people in the company. She was baffled seeing Sun Zhiwei coming in. “Zhiwei, what are you doing here?”
“Big Sister, of course, I am here because of important things,” said Sun Zhiwei.
“What’s the matter? Say it quickly. I still have a meeting later!” Sun Jie didn’t think Sun Zhiwei would have important things to tell. He was either asking for money or wanting her to buy a luxury item he was fond of.
“We will talk about it later when no one is here.” Sun Zhiwei glanced mysteriously at the several company employees in Sun Jie’s office.
Sun Jie frowned, and she said helplessly, “Okay, you all go out first. Inform all the middle-level cadres of the company to meet in the conference room in ten minutes.”
“Okay, Ms. Sun.” The company’s people nodded and went out.
“Well, what’s the matter? Let’s talk about it,” asked Sun Jie.
Sun Zhiwei first went to close the door to the office, then looked around. After that, he carefully took out a stack of photos from his backpack and placed it on Sun Jie’s desk. “Big sister, look at these photos!”
“What photos?” Sun Jie inexplicably picked up a photo put on the table by Sun Zhiwei and glanced at it. When she looked through a few, she frowned. “Where did you get these photos? Why are you showing this to me?”
“These photos are all my hard work. I tracked and shot the photos myself!” said Sun Zhiwei as if he wanted to get some credit. “I heard that Uncle likes this Yang Ming, and he wants to let you marry him! I was anxious when I heard this news. How can this be done? This Yang Ming’s character is very bad, so I followed him. As expected, you see? This guy is fickle in relations.h.i.+ps. He has many girlfriends outside! I really wouldn’t know if I didn’t track it; I’m shocked to discover it!”
“You tracked it?” Sun Jie listened to Sun Zhiwei’s words, and her face sank immediately.
However, Sun Zhiwei was delighted now. He didn’t care about Sun Jie’s expression. He smiled proudly. “Yes, it was me. Big Sister, how do you want to thank me for this? I am a meritorious contributor. Otherwise, you would be deceived by Yang Ming… My request isn’t high. Canon has a new single-lens reflex camera… It is only twenty thousand yuan, and several lenses are expensive too, so the total will be more than a hundred thousand yuan… ”
” Pa !” Sun Jie threw the photos on Sun Zhiwei’s face, and Sun Zhiwei suddenly felt inexplicable. “Big… Big Sister, what are you doing?”
“What am I doing?” Sun Jie patted the table and said, “If I buy a camera for you, then you will keep taking photos for me, right?”
“Yes… ah , no.” Sun Zhiwei saw that Sun Jie’s face didn’t look right. He was so scared that he kept shaking his head. He didn’t know how he had offended her.
“You should care less about Yang Ming’s business in the future!” Sun Jie glared at Sun Zhiwei and said, “If not, there will be no more pocket money in the future!”
” Ah …” Sun Zhiwei was shocked when he heard Sun Jie. I f there is no pocket money in the future, how can I live?!
“Did you hear me?” asked Sun Jie.
“I hear you…” Sun Zhiwei said with a grievance. “I will not bother him anymore… what about the camera…”
“The camera thing will be discussed later!” Sun Jie’s mood wasn’t good. Although she was furious at Sun Zhiwei for being a busybody, on the other hand, she was annoyed with Yang Ming. This guy really has too many women. If I don’t strictly control him, he may become worse in the future.
” Oh …” Sun Zhiwei didn’t dare to say anything more. He had to walk out of Sun Jie’s office, dejected. He regretted it. If I knew, I wouldn’t have bothered about this matter.
That Yang Ming isn’t a kind man to mess with. How much did I risk to snap his photos?! I have long heard that the guy is a violent madman, and soon after he entered school, he defeated the president of the Taekwondo club.
He was almost discovered by Yang Ming a few times. Sun Zhiwei still felt the fear as he thought about it. In fact, Yang Ming had already noticed Sun Zhiwei but just didn’t want to bother with him.
Although he didn’t know why Sun Jie would be so angry, Sun Zhiwei didn’t dare to mention this again, so that he wouldn’t lose all his pocket money.
Sun Zhiwei wasn’t a thoughtful person. After returning to school, he told this to Tian Dongguang. Of course, he was only looking for Tian Dongguang to complain. If not, he would feel really uncomfortable in his heart.
The operation that he thought about for a long time failed all of a sudden. He was really having super lousy luck. Sun Zhiwei didn’t understand what mistakes he made, so he looked for Tian Dongguang to a.n.a.lyze it.
“Dongguang, you tell me. What the h.e.l.l is going on here? I think I have done nothing wrong, right?” asked Sun Zhiwei in confusion. Although Sun Zhiwei was already twenty years old, he wasn’t very interested in love matters, so he didn’t realize the feeling between lovers.
“I don’t know. Maybe they don’t want us to meddle in their adult matters?” Tian Dongguang said this, but he was laughing in his heart. He thought, You deserve it. You want to report Brother Yang. Now you are finished, right? You are hurt, right?
“Adult matter?” Sun Zhiwei thought with some indignation. Yang Ming is an adult?
When Tian Dongguang told Yang Ming about these things, Yang Ming laughed out loud immediately. Yang Ming knew Sun Jie very well. If Sun Zhiwei said this to Sun Jie, she would be angrier.
The China Jewelry a.s.sociation sent a notice that the jewelry exhibition would be held on time next weekend. After receiving the notice, Bao Sanli called Yang Ming. Although he and Hou Zhenhan were in charge of the company, the final decision was still on Yang Ming.
Yang Ming also attached great importance to this jewelry exhibition. After all, this was the biggest single business received since the establishment of the Ming Yang Security Company, and it was also the most influential business.
If the security work were done well, the reputation of Ming Yang would increase. After all, the underworld business was only a temporary stepping stone. It needed to be abandoned ultimately.
The ultimate goal of the Ming Yang Security Company was to grow stronger and bigger and to provide security for some large-scale events.
So for the first time, Yang Ming still attached great importance to it. After receiving the call from Bao Sanli, he rushed to the Ming Yang Security Company.
In the company’s small meeting room, only three people, Bao Sanli, Hou Zhenhan and Yang Ming, were sitting in there.
“This is the official contract issued by the China Jewelry a.s.sociation. President Hou and I didn’t dare to make a decision on our own. We needed to discuss with you first.” Bao Sanli handed a contract to Yang Ming.
“Have our lawyers read it?” Yang Ming took the contract and asked.
“The lawyers have already read it.” Hou Zhenhan nodded. “The contract itself has no problems, and there are no traps and loopholes, but our responsibilities are bigger.”
” Oh ?” Yang Ming picked up the contract and looked up. As long as there was no problem with the contract itself, everything else was easy to handle.
The contract was written in more detail, but it also gave the Ming Yang Security Company a lot of authority, including booth arrangements, except for a few fixed big merchants, which was led by Ming Yang Security Company’s brother company, Ming Yang Entertainment.
However, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. The jewelry exhibition this time had many pieces of jewelry with a single item value of more than one hundred million yuan. There was even jewelry from a fifteenth-century European royal family which was even more valuable. Although they weren’t auctioned before, the price estimation had exceeded five billion US dollars.
If any of the jewelry were lost, Ming Yang Security Company would bear the complete loss.
“It is so expensive?” Yang Ming smacked his tongue, looking at the price estimation of the exhibited jewelry in the contract.
“Yeah, so President Hou and I don’t dare to make decisions on our own. After all, this is an important matter!” said Bao Sanli with a dignified look. “If there are any accidents, we can’t afford this loss!”
Yang Ming looked at the contract and frowned. “Could it be that no other insurance company wants to cover the loss?”
“The number is really huge. No insurance company is willing to insure this jewelry.” Bao Sanli shook his head and said helplessly.
“So it’s like this.” Yang Ming also fell into deep thought. “What about the previous jewelry exhibitions? How were they organized?”
“The previous jewelry exhibition was not held in Song Jiang. However, it didn’t have such expensive jewelry as compared to this jewelry exhibition. The most expensive one was only one hundred million US dollars. The insurance company will insure it.” Hou Zhenhan shook his head and said. “It’s still the first time for such an expensive jewelry exhibition.”
Yang Ming listened to Hou Zhenhan’s words and suddenly felt that something was wrong, but Yang Ming wasn’t very clear about what was wrong. At this moment, Yang Ming was really in a dilemma.
The previous jewelry exhibition was very smooth, so the Ming Yang Security Company would take over this job without asking. But now, after the details of the exhibited jewelry had been sent, they had no way to back down.
Although no formal contract was signed, if they refused to sign now, they just had to compensate tens of thousand yuan for breaching the contract. However, the reputation of the Ming Yang Security Company would be significantly affected!
If they took the task but backed out halfway through, they would become a laughingstock! This was definitely not what Yang Ming wanted to see. Although the Ming Yang Security Company wasn’t the focus of Yang Ming’s business, it was still an indispensable part!
Yang Ming wouldn’t allow the Ming Yang Security Company, which just had a business improvement, to be so infamous. However, if he took the order, the risk was a bit too high.
Although Yang Ming had some money on hand, he couldn’t take this risk! So for a time, Yang Ming was a little embarra.s.sed. He didn’t know what to do.
“Brother Yang, maybe we should give up and not take this contract.” Hou Zhenhan saw that Yang Ming was in a dilemma, so he opened his mouth for Yang Ming.
Bao Sanli also silently nodded by the side. Although he was equally unwilling, it was fine if there was no accident; if there were an accident, the company would suffer too big of a loss! Never mind losing all his family a.s.sets, he might bear a considerable debt.
Yang Ming lit a cigarette and stuck it in his mouth. Yang Ming rarely smoked. He would only smoke when he was perturbed.
Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan didn’t dare to disturb Yang Ming; they sat quietly waiting for Yang Ming to make a decision.
This matter was suspicious since the beginning. Yang Ming was different from his previous self. His insight and judgment on things had greatly improved.
First of all, the organizer gave Ming Yang a lot of power. It seemed that everything was handed over to Ming Yang. The organizer was only a nominal manager. In fact, the entire operation of the exhibition was held responsible by Ming Yang.
This was somewhat unusual at first. How could the Jewelry a.s.sociation hand over these important things to an unfamiliar company? Wouldn’t it be afraid that Ming Yang would screw up the exhibition?
Secondly, even if the Jewelry a.s.sociation deliberately gave Ming Yang all the power, why would they hold it in Song Jiang? First, Song Jiang wasn’t a munic.i.p.ality. Second, it wasn’t a provincial capital; it was only a second-tier city, and it didn’t have any commercial strategic significance.
If there were anything special about Song Jiang, it could only be said that Song Jiang was the place where the big celebrity, Shu Ya held the first concert. Did the jewelry a.s.sociation want to imitate Shu Ya?
Then, the most crucial point was that every jewelry exhibition did not have priceless jewelry, but this time, there were a few more pieces. What was going on?
Was it because the jewelry a.s.sociation was also afraid an accident would happen in the exhibition, so they gave power to the Ming Yang Security Company to have the Ming Yang Security Company take full responsibility?
This was also the most possible reason. Now, Yang Ming could only think of this, because he himself didn’t understand this kind of exhibition. It was his first contact.
However, in any case, if this time, Ming Yang gave up the contract, then their reputation will be greatly affected.
Yang Ming hesitated again and again; he clenched his teeth and said, “Okay, we’ll take it. Just be careful. I will have Li Qiang’s men come over. No accidents are allowed.”
When Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan heard that Li Qiang and his men would come over, they felt at ease. After all, Li Qiang was professionally trained. He was much stronger than those of the security company.
Since Yang Ming made a decision, Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan didn’t say anything. They just had to brace themselves and focus on dealing with it.
After Yang Ming left, Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan began to be busy in the deployment, including the installation of surveillance cameras on the site and the arrangement of personnel.
The reason why Yang Ming finally agreed to this list was that if anything really happened, the money in his hands was enough to compensate for the loss. The Ming Yang Company wouldn’t be bankrupt at least.
If there were really an accident, he could fully compensate for the purchase price. It was also an affirmation of the reputation of the Ming Yang Security Company, so outsiders could see that the Ming Yang Security Company wouldn’t repudiate a debt even if it failed.
However, the risk of this matter was really too big. After leaving the Ming Jiang Security Company, Yang Ming called Li Qiang and informed him that he should cooperate with Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan to handle this jewelry exhibition well.
For those things that Yang Ming couldn’t figure out, he suddenly thought of a person, Sun Jie. This little fox could see things in the business world more thoroughly than him; her dirty tricks were also clearer than him, so Yang Ming decided to go consult Sun Jie to see if she had any useful insights.
Thinking of this, Yang Ming didn’t dare to delay. He drove directly to Sun Jie’s company.